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Date |
| D.C. City Council Approves Bill To Use Tobacco Settlement Funding To Improve Health Services |
The Washington, D.C., City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that will use 5 million from the city's share of the 1998 national tobacco settlement to build new medical facilities, improve emergency services, and develop programs to redu |
01/09/07 |
| Few Employers Offer Smoking Cessation Programs To Employees |
Only 4% of U.S. employers offer programs to help employees quit smoking, despite higher health care costs for employees who smoke and smoking breaks that can cost employers as many as nine weeks of lost productivity annually, according to a survey release |
01/09/07 |
| Minimum Legal Age To Purchase Tobacco To Rise From 16 To 18, UK |
The UK government is to raise the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco
from 16 to 18 years old, Public Health Minister Caroline Flint
announced today.
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01/09/07 |
| Public Ignorant About Poisons Found In Cigarette Smoke |
The British public is unaware of the multitude of poisonous chemicals found in cigarette smoke - according to a survey carried out for Cancer Research UK. |
01/09/07 |
| Scientists Support Richard Doll, Who First Demonstrated The Link Between Cancer And Smoking |
In response to reports about the eminent scientist Richard Doll, who first demonstrated the link between cancer and smoking, scientists have weighed in with their support. The letter below is signed by:
-- Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive, M |
12/25/06 |
| New Discovery Opens Door For Drugs For Alcohol Addiction |
When sober alcoholics are tempted to fall off the wagon, the same receptor is stimulated as is activated by nicotine in their brain. This has been demonstrated in a doctoral dissertation at the Sahgrenska Academy at Guteborg University in Sweden. The disc |
12/25/06 |
| New Survey Finds Youth Smoking Declines Have Slowed, Shows Need For States, Congress To Step Up Tobacco Prevention Efforts |
The following is a
statement by William V. Corr, Executive Director of Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Kids:
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12/25/06 |
| Health Groups Renew Effort To Raise Wisconsin Cigarette Tax To Fund Health Care |
A coalition of more than two dozen groups, most of which are health care organizations, in Wisconsin are renewing efforts to pass a -per-pack cigarette tax increase to fund anti-smoking campaigns and health care, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report |
12/22/06 |
| Maine Senator To Propose Medicaid Restrictions, Incentives That Would Affect Smokers |
Maine Sen. John Martin (D) plans to propose legislation that would offer incentives for state Medicaid beneficiaries to quit smoking cigarettes and possibly impose penalties on those who do not, the Bangor Daily News reports. The Maine Medicaid progra |
12/22/06 |
| Heavy Smokers Compensate For Less Cigarettes U Of MN Study Shows |
University of Minnesota tobacco researchers have found that heavy smokers who reduce their number of daily cigarettes still take in two to three times more total toxins per cigarette than light smokers.
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12/20/06 |
| Anti-Smoking Ads May Backfire |
Tobacco company-sponsored anti-smoking advertising aimed at youths not only has no negative effect on teen smoking, it may actually encourage youngsters to smoke, according to a study co-authored by an Oregon State University researcher.
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12/18/06 |
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